Wingnut on a music forum challenged me to say something positive about Reagan

[K8-EEE]

I admit it....I'M STUMPED!!!

[cally]

1. he was very eloquent..nt

[Cha]

29. Silver tongued

devil.

[Toots]

73. Bullshit artist is more like it..

He was excellent at slinging the Bullshit..

[Cha]

77. Where you see

bullshit artist..I see evil.

[EFerrari]

2. He's dead. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. LOVE IT!!

[Swamp Rat]

13. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[mod mom]

40. That's what came to my mind too after reading the OP!

:hi:

[K8-EEE]

54. Y'all are just BAD!

hahahhaha!

[orleans]

56. lol! (nice) n/t

[IdaBriggs]

58. My first thought! nt

[Elspeth]

60. My first thought too!

The best thing that guy did was die.

[WolverineDG]

84. GMTA

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

dg

[The Magistrate]

3. That Would Seem the Right Answer, Ma'am

He provided a pleasant funeral....

[mth44sc]

4. he read a mean cuecard

...

[rox63]

5. He was a talented public speaker

Compared to *, he sounded friggin' brilliant.

[Pacifist Patriot]

18. With relativity in play I'll give that one to you...

At the time I never could understand why he was called "The Great Communicator." I couldn't stand his speeches.

[K8-EEE]

20. I know!! At the time I was like WTF, he sounds out of it.

He always sounded like, oh poor Ronald Reagan. Like the most out of it old man there was.

[Pacifist Patriot]

24. Thank you! That is one thing that has long bugged me.

Even die-hard democrats I know will end a negative conversation about him with the caveat, "but he was a great speaker." Bullshit!

[valerief]

6. He's fun to mimic. nt

[tularetom]

7. He was a mammal

Apologies to Harry Anderson of Night Court

[SeattleGirl]

8. His son, Ron Jr., turned out pretty well.

[Cha]

30. Someone who

couldn't be bought.

[SeattleGirl]

41. Exactly. He even says that his father had NOTHING to do with

the release of the hostages; that it was Carter who did that, not his dad. (Of course, it was his dad and friends who delayed their release until 30 minutes after he was sworn in, but at least Jr. knows where the credit for the release lies.)

[Cha]

42. Wow..thanks for telling me

that! Have we hit bottom yet? Never mind..I know we still have a lot more slimey miles to go. :(

[SeattleGirl]

59. You're welcome.

He doesn't really seem to have a lot of illusions where his dad is concerned.

[C_U_L8R]

9. He was an excellent co-star

to a monkey

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. I am postive he was a nightmare for America

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. Yep, he's dead was the first thing that came to my mind.

[Didereaux]

14. I can use the word! I POSITIVELY loathed the bastard! n/t

[mitchtv]

15. He singlehandedly saved

the Grecian Formula product line

[K8-EEE]

23. hahahaha!

that's a good one.

[LibDemAlways]

16. Before he went over to the dark side, he was a Democrat.

[K8-EEE]

25. I like that!

Lots of good suggestions here!

[LeftyMom]

to quote Dave Barry: "Most of his polyps were benign."

[sellitman]

32. LMAO! I love Dave Barry!

*Ding* You win!

[whistler162]

17. Well....

Unlike John Wayne. Ronald Reagan served to the fullest extent possible, Reagans eyesight was very bad and he had to lobby the US Army to put him on active duty, during WWII. Of course at the time he was a Democrat.

[Rincewind]

49. active duty

Reagan spent WWII making movies for the War Department, you can call that active duty , if you want.

[whistler162]

50. I will

because it was. Like him or dislike him but DON'T denigrate his military service just because it wasn't on the front lines. Reagan didn't have to join the Army Reserves in 1938 but he did, Reagan didn't have to server during the war( legitimate medical reason not to) but he did, Reagan didn't have to remain in the Army Reserves until he was passed over for promotion and forced to resign but he did.

[JanMichael]

19. The man never had a grey hair

and his wives always looked lovely.

Does that help?

[eppur_se_muova]

21. He makes a great bad example. nt

[Catherine Vincent]

22. Just say you admire his son. :)

[Hoof Hearted]

26. He knew how to make a chimpanzee look good.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

27. He could sell a mean box of Boraxo. n/t

[sellitman]

28. He was a better actor than he was as a President.

And he was a awful actor.

[silverojo]

31. He refrained from drooling while speaking on TV n/t

[rurallib]

33. I always thought he was funny - good quips

[K8-EEE]

81. Sorry but I never got knee slappers like "there you go again!"

Republicans just think that's hilarious for some reason.

[Lisa]

34. he did save some people from drowning when he worked as a lifeguard

I believe that was way back when he was still a Democrat, too!


Oh, and I like his kids Ron Jr. and Maureen. They seem pretty cool.

[madrchsod]

48. why you are correct...

he was never really a democrat as his brother and dad were. he was a mommy`s boy and was a suck -up to the rich and famous in dixon...ya he started early! my dad refereed to him as a "big dumb mick"

[madeline_con]

35. He had Hollywood hair. n/t

[Cha]

36. He elevated

catsup to a vegetable. he invented the trickle down, "piss on the poor", economics.

That's some positive shit for fascists.

[jayfish]

37. He Was Affable. -NT-

Jay

[nosmokes]

38. He's dead. Dupe

on edit: SF expat beat me to it. I scanned the list because I couldn't believe no one else said it. As soon as I posted it I saw it like it was a billboard. hah!

[Lint Head]

39. Something positive about Reagan.

OK. I said it. :dem:

[Hugabear]

43. Hmmm - he didn't start a nuclear war with the Soviets?

Does that count? Not sure if it should, because he sure as hell egged them on enough.

[rateyes]

44. Here's something positive about Reagan...

He never looked better than he does right now. :evilgrin:

[K8-EEE]

51. oooh....you're so bad!

LOL!

[rateyes]

72. My mama always said,

"If you can't say anything nice...."

[DBoon]

45. He only invaded countries he knew he could rule

He went after a small caribbean island, instead of a large middle-eastern country.

He knew his limits.

[tabasco]

46. He only gave nerve agent to Saddam Hussein and not the Ayatollah.

Of course we sold lots of conventional weapons to both sides in that war. What a man of principles, that Saint Ronnie!

[madrchsod]

47. he saved 70 some people as a life guard at lowell park

and he was a nice polite young man while growing up in dixon. my dad knew ronny and that`s about the only good thing my dad had to say about him

[AlGore-08.com]

52. He was devoted to Nancy Reagan throughout their marriage.

eom

[Mendocino]

53. Better actor than Chuck Norris

Family Man (divorced,knocked Nancy up before marriage, raised famously dysfunctional brood)

Fiscal conservative (ran up largest deficits in history)

Union Leader (destroyed Air Traffic Controllers Union putting millions of travelers at risk)

Um...Uh....looked good in a cowboy hat

[Lucinda]

55. He had nice hair and he loved his wife.

[cureautismnow]

74. Which wife? Jane or Nancy?

:evilgrin:

[Lucinda]

78. I knew that was coming.

:rofl: The Nancinator.

[Retrograde]

57. his old ranch went to create part of Malibu Canyon State park

yeah, he probably sold it to the state for a tax break, but it's better than turning it over to developers. And it's a gorgeous park.

He wasn't a bad actor for his time. I have a secret guilty fondness for his Brass Bancroft series.

[Oeditpus Rex]

61. He once portrayed a damned good pitcher

but couldn't look like a ballplayer himself to save his life in The Winning Team, the trumped-up biopic of Grover Cleveland Alexander.

[MrScorpio]

62. I'll say one nice thing about him

He waived the normal restrictions for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, so that my great Uncle, Joe Louis could be interred there. I appreciated that.

That's the only thing that I can think of.

[leftynyc]

63. Put the first woman on the supreme court

She turned out to be more moderate than he would have liked (I suspect) but he did break that barrier. After that, I'm out.

[dorkulon]

64. He was better than W. And he moved on to bigger things...(pic)

http://buffalobeast.com/51/reaganthanks.htm

[conscious evolution]

65. He is dead.Thank goodness

Thats the only good thing I can come up with.

[ThomWV]

66. He worked well with monkeys

Bedtime for Gonzo.

[krispos42]

85. got it in my Netflix queue! n/t

[Perry Logan]

67. First President in history to have over 100 administration members charged with crimes.

[Perry Logan]

68. More administration members charged with crimes than the total of all other 20th century presidents.

[Perry Logan]

69. First administration in American history to have a sitting cabinet member indicted.

[Perry Logan]

70. Created debt bigger than the Crab Nebula. Gave us homelessness. Made infomercials possible.

[bklyncowgirl]

71. He could actually ride a horse unlike todays cowboy in chief

Ronald Reagan was apparently a pretty good horseman who genuinely enjoyed his time at the ranch. He liked to do his own grooming and tacking up and had friends in the horse world that were totally outside his usual range of contacts.

I can't stand the man's politics but I share his love of horses.

[Laughing Mirror]

75. Ronald Reagan: "a triumph of the embalmer's art"

Gore Vidal made this statement when the old fox was still breathing, and president.

[K8-EEE]

80. Yeah his patent leather hair and rouge was campy even back then....

Such the GOP look Mitt is trying to do it AGAIN....freak....

[PCIntern]

76. His son, Michael,

is even WORSE.

(Paraphrasing an old joke)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

79. He proved H.L. Mencken right.

"No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby." - H.L. Mencken

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” - H.L. Mencken

[zanne]

82. Did he have any dogs?

My answer to a favorable comment on Bush is "I like his dog".

[dysfunctional press]

83. i'm positive he really fucked things up for this country.

nt

[alfredo]

86. His use of hair dye and rouge was very interesting in a

small town evening news anchor way.

[krispos42]

87. He's still dead n/t

[sniffa]

88. he occasionally was able to find the door in the Oval Office

:thumbsup:

[krispos42]

89. His penis was never a topic of national discussion

Except for that one Sam Kinnison skit...

[Pathwalker]

90. He's dead. Positively. Absolutely. Dead.

[Prophet 451]

91. He was capable of great charm

Did a decent job as president of the Screen Actors Guild
Capable of considerable personal charm
Actually, not a bad actor in small roles (i.e. commercials)
None of his children look likely to run for office